Quotes
Authors
Keith Devlin

"Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math typically focuses on learning procedures to solve highly stereotyped problems. Professional mathematicians think a certain way to solve real problems, problems that can arise from the everyday world, or from science, or from within mathematics itself. The key to success in school math is to learn to think inside-the-box. In contrast, a key feature of mathematical thinking is thinking outside-the-box - a valuable ability in today's world."

-- Keith Devlin

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“I never wanted to be an actor.”
“But he alone having reached our deep corruption, he alone having taken upon himself our labors, he alone having suffered the punishments due for our impieties, having recovered us who were not half dead merely, but were already in tombs and sepulchers, and altogether foul and offensive, saves us, both anciently and now, by his beneficent zeal, beyond the expectation of any one, even of ourselves, and imparts liberally of the Father's benefits-he who is the giver of life and light, our great Physician and King and Lord, the Christ of God.”
“The uncomfort zone is very important for us... To feel uncomfortable is important to strengthen your spirit. Like the samurai says, if you feel comfortable you must search for the discomfort, don't look only for the easy way.”
“I find the question of whether gender differences are biologically determined or socially constructed to be deeply disturbing.”

Source : Carol GILLIGAN (2009). “In a Different Voice”, p.12, Harvard University Press
“We are soldiers of the cross, we've been found to reach the lost.”

Source : Song: Everywhere We Go, Album: Rise and Shine
“Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.”
“I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to be that responsibility.”
“My first attempt at real music was when I was 13. My first signed band was when I was 21; that failed. I got another deal at 26; that failed, and then I was broke.”

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